Posts Tagged ‘Seek’
Is recruitment in Australia still dominated by bias, racism and sexism?
In the run up to International Women’s Day this past Tuesday, I couldn’t help but notice a couple of news articles that were a sobering reminder that many people responsible for recruitment are still operating from a mindset that remains from last century. The first was reported in industry news service, ShortList: SEEK data reveals…
Read MoreFacebook jobs: a massive win for genuine recruitment consultants
Last week we saw the official confirmation of what has been an open secret for some years: Job postings on Facebook. LinkedIn’s dominance in the corporate recruiting world has been unchallenged due its unmatched depth of high skill professionals available on its platform. The price of the not-free LinkedIn recruitment offerings has made it clear that large enterprises recruiting…
Read MoreInterview with 2016 SARA (NZ) Recruiter of the Year: Alex Allan of Randstad
Following on from my interview last week with New Zealand SARA winner of the Recruitment Leader of the Year, Randstad’s Brien Keegan, this week I speak to his colleague, Alex Allan who won the New Zealand SARA for Recruitment Consultant of the Year. Originally from the UK, Alex started his working life in professional sport before leaving the UK…
Read MoreInterview with 2016 SARA (NZ) Recruitment Leader of the Year: Brien Keegan of Randstad
In mid-November last year, one week after the equivalent Australian awards, Seek announced the winners of the New Zealand SARAs. The winner of the Recruitment Leader of the Year was Randstad’s Brien Keegan. After completing his undergraduate degree at Massey University in 2001, Brien worked at Telecom New Zealand for just over 18 months before…
Read MoreInterview with 2016 SARA Recruiter of the Year: Clare McCartin of Davidson
When I moved from Sydney to Melbourne in 2001, I joined SACS Consulting under the leadership of Andrew Marty.Early the following year Andrew hired three fresh-faced graduates to join the team. One of those graduates quickly stood out as being smarter, quicker to learn and more suited to the challenges of recruitment than the other two. Andrew quickly…
Read MoreAnother insipid piece of lazy recruiter-bashing hits the web
The recruitment industry is one that is an easy target for the knockers. I have written about this topic a few times before. The (supposed) quality broadsheet media, use incomplete facts to paint our industry as enjoying a taxpayer-funded ‘bonanza’. ‘Internet entrepreneurs’ looking for a bit of free publicity, engage in a recruiter-bashing by accusing…
Read MoreSeek’s Application Export: improved service or, not?
Seek’s latest site changes have caused a bit of a stir in the recruitment sector. In short, previously when a candidate clicked the Apply button on the screen that contained the job advertisement they were taken to an external site to complete an online application form and/or to upload their own resume. This process is…
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